"Hedrick? THE Hedrick?!"
Elinor's voice cracked as disbelief overwhelmed her senses. Her already wide eyes seemed on the verge of bursting from their sockets. "I thought he vanished after that war!"
The War of the Destra Bloodline—just hearing the name of that conflict was enough to twist the heart and still the breath. It wasn't merely taboo… it was a curse etched in the silence of history. Those who tried to research it found themselves recoiling in fear, as if some ancient instinct warned them to look away. Not because it was forbidden by law, but because truth itself was too dangerous to talk about.
That war did not erupt over lands or resources. No. It began with a single declaration.
The second son of Helmor the Destroyer, a man born with a supremely high affinity to the Major Law of Destruction, stood before his father and declared, "I owe nothing more. My debt is paid. I renounce the Creed of Debt, and I walk my own path."
